My Name Is Earl Trivia

Character Trivia

Earl was originally named Carl but the C was mistaken for an E on his birth certificate.

There was originally 259 items on Earl's list.

Earl doesn't cross anything off his list in the episode "Cost Dad
the Election".

"Number One" was Season 1's finale. It was originally 40 minutes long.
When it airs through reruns they cut the scenes where Earl goes the
wrong way to Too Tall Maggie's house and the boys buy their car back in
the end.

March 14, 1989 was the day Earl moved out of his parents' house. It's also
the combination of his parents' gun safe.

At the end of the Season 1 finale Catalina spouts off Spanish in a very
angry voice. The translation of what she said: "This concludes the first season of
Earl. We thank you for your support and hope to see you next Fall."

The car parked outside Donny Jones' house has a bumper sticker that reads "Jesus is my airbag"

Prior to the show airing, NBC included DVDs of the Pilot episode in People Magazine and Entertainment
Weekly

Catalina insults Joy in Spanish in "Barn Burner". The translation is:
"I want to take this moment to thank our Latino audience for watching. And for
those of you who can understand me but who are not Latino, I want to commend
you for learning a second language."